Watch out for SB 22!

A new bill has been introduced in the North Carolina Senate that would block any new environmental law in which compliance would involve a cost.

You can read Ned Barnett’s story in the North Carolina Independent News here.

Here’s the NC League of Conservation Voters’ response:

A new rule could be projected to save a hundred million dollars in avoided environmental damages or human illness, and be blocked because it cost one person ten bucks. Unfortunately, this example of anti-environmental policy is no longer a fringe position in the new N.C. General Assembly. SB 22 has 22 co-sponsors, nearly a majority of the Senate right there. … Clearly, conservationists are going to have our hands full fighting for our natural resources and public health this year.

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Read this awesome blog post from NC Sierra Club’s Will Morgan on three reasons why SB 22 is dangerous:

(1) The bill will prevent agencies from adopting new rules to protect public health, welfare, and the environment
(2) In attempting to fix a system that isn’t broken, the bill will actually create new problems
(3) The bill’s premise that North Carolina’s regulatory system is stifling business is unfounded